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500 feet of Sunset

Abstract

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The Sunset is a natural phenomenon that occurs every single day. Arguably, the sunset is one of the most romanticized natural event in all forms of art. In this wider context, the hypothesis posits architecture as an instrument to amplify specific visible aspects of the setting sun. The guidance for development relies on deconstructing and intensifying a specific spatial condition that interacts with effect the rays of the evening sun. Set in focus are three particular elements of the sunset, color, light, view and the subsequent darkness. In this architectural array, the chosen aspects of sunset are awarded a specific presence in their dedicated spaces. The spaces presenting those specific aspects of the sunset are organized as a sequence in the architectural construct of a long tunnel-like pathway. A culminating moment of totality emerges after the encounter of the specific aspects.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Architecture
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2020

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Sridhar, Vidusha
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Schnoedt, Heinrich
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Bassett, James
  • Jones, James R.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:27507
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/99970

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2026-07-22
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Sridhar, Vidusha. 500 feet of Sunset. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99970